Mini reviews of old movies, mostly VHS tapes purchased by Eli Schuster in Goodwill, Value Village and Salvation Army stores across Toronto. Think of this site as a follow-up to http://www.minireviewsminibooks.blogspot.com/

Really?: I could
ask what purpose the black-and-white hockey teams served (or why
somebody would store easily-breakable cases of beer on hockey arena ice), or
how the ghost of John Elsinore somehow survived as a computer program to serve
as a (literal!) Deus ex machina, but Strange
Brew isn’t meant to be taken all that seriously. Instead, I’ll say it’s a
bit strange that Thomas and Moranis couldn’t round up any other SCTV alumni for
this film. Come on...were Andrea Martin or Joe Flaherty really that busy in 1983?

Rating: How does
one review an iconic Canadian film like Strange Brew? The plot has some
obvious problems, and the production values are decidedly low-budget, but the
movie delivers some solid (if rather low-brow) laughs, and it does evoke some nostalgic memories for my generation. I think the biggest problem with
Strange Brew is the same one that’s apparent in any number of Saturday Night
Live-related movies: sketch characters don’t always lend themselves to feature
films. Two or three minutes of Bob and Doug equals "funny"; 91 minutes, not so much.
Save this flick for a BAD MOVIE NIGHT with friends. In the meantime, take off, eh! 5/10 stars.